Oh yes :-)The physics needs to run at a steady rate, right now it wants 60, but it is in fact tied to the frame update.

The big issue in a game like this is you have to have frame rate even if you unlink the physics and run them at a higher rate.Moving fast with a slow frame update is still bad bad. And variable frame rates have been proven to be bad (for user experience) - see google papers :-) The final game will settle on a set up that will run at 30, 45, and 60 only.So we have to get as much hardware into that range. Part of that will come with the fixes to the transfers I was posting about. Also lowering or disabling s/fx.

Try hitting 'o' to cut off the under vehicle lighting, you may get a few more frames.

I'm impressed with the performance now. You obviously have a great understanding of how the VM works.

AHAH thanks but... :-)As usual with any game code (Java or ...) the key to performance is doing less work. And there was some things we did sloppy to get it out (actually lots of things) and slowly we are getting those in order.

So, really this isn't a VM issue, it really was a graphics issue, and it REALLY was sloppy use of graphics by the game (thus by us - i.e. "Mistake were made" - hmm by who exactly?), not Java3D.

i tried the demo, and i can't start the game.I select free play, then i get the pilot selection page, and then.. well, clicking on a pilot shows a selection mark, but nothing happens. if i move the mouse out of the button, the mark disappears. I can select other pilots, but it acts the same.did i miss something obvious?i'm using sun's 1.5.0_06.

I finally got around tto trying it but it wouldn't work....Java 1.6...Dan.

Yes, there is a known issue (although not known WHAT it is) that Java 1.6 webstart does not launch it correctly. I have1.6 and 1.5 installed so when I launch webstart stuff I can choose which...that is about the best I know to do right now.

i tried the demo, and i can't start the game.I select free play, then i get the pilot selection page, and then.. well, clicking on a pilot shows a selection mark, but nothing happens. if i move the mouse out of the button, the mark disappears. I can select other pilots, but it acts the same.did i miss something obvious?i'm using sun's 1.5.0_06.

It should work on 1.5.0_06.I can take a look at the output in the console if you send it to me.Thanks!

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